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In the west, no empire followed it for some three hundred years. In 800, the Frankish King, Charlemagne, who had conquered much of Italy, was crowned "Roman Emperor" by the Pope. This was the beginning of the "Holy Roman Empire" which continued until 1806, though after Charlemagne's death its authority was usually limited to Germany and Italy, and became increasingly nominal even there. In the East, the Roman Empire (commonly called the "Byzantine" Empire) continued until 1453, when it was replaced by the Ottoman Empire, whose Sultan used the title "Qaysar y Rum" (Emperor of Rome) and which survived until 1922. Between the early 600s and 800s about half the former Roman Empire (Syria, Egypt, N Africa, Spain) was included in the Arab Caliphate, which also held other lands as far as the borders of India and China. The Tsars of Russia claimed to be the heirs of Byzantium and the "Third Rome", but never ruled any significant amount of Roman or Byzantine territory
The Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was east Rome after West Rome fell. West fell to a number of different "barbariens" until finally somehow turned into the Holy Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire thrived until the 1400's until it was captured by Muslims and is now the country of Turkey.
The Roman Empire wasn't conquered by another empire, rather it succumbed to constant pressure from migrating tribes from eastern Europe, who were themselves being displaced by the arrival of other tribes from the baltic and russia. It should also be remembered that the Romans never fully conquored what later became Germany. The Romans began withdrawing their armies from the provinces, leaving Britannia at the end of the 4th Century AD. Rome itself was sacked three times in the space of a hundred and fifty years, in AD410 by Alaric (Visigoths), AD455 by Geiseric (Vandals) and AD546 by Totila (Ostrogoths). The attack of AD410 by Alaric is seens as the effective end of the Western Roman Empire (leaving the Eastern Roman Empire based at Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul as the remaining Roman power). Its after this point that it becomes confusing, what remains of the Empire is strongest in the East but they couldn't abandon Rome itself and maintain the claim on its lands, when Geiseric threatens invasion in AD455 Emperor Theodosius II (Eastern Empire) who 'adopted (sort of...)' Valentinian III, the son of Constantius III (who was declared Emperor in Britain in 417) However he died after only seven months as Emperor. Now he was married to the sister of Theodosius II. His son from that marriage was of course Valentinian III. When Honorius died a usurper Joannes attempted to sieze power, thus prompting Theodosius II to send the young (six years old actually...) Valentinian III to restore proper Roman rule, which he did, being proclaimed Western Emperor on October 23rd AD425.
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Valentinian was a bit of a brat and extensive taxing lead to more and more provinces still loyal to Rome being cut off, taken or out right abandoning the Empire. He treacherously murdered his daughters husband (and Romes greatest general of the time, Aetius) in AD454 and was subsequenty assassinated himself in AD455, allegedly by two of Aetius' soldiers, though it is likely that they were talked into it by Petronius Maximus a wealthy Senator who declared himself Emperor on March 17th (the day after Valentinian's assassination). Petronius however also sucked at ruling and did so for eleven weeks, before Rome was sieged and looted, but not destroyed, by Genseric and his Vandals. This pretty much killed off the Western Empire, the Byzantine Empire managed to hold onto the city until the 700's (AD). After that the Byzantine Empire was in decline, albiet a few resurgances, but they never retook Rome. in AD1453 Constantinople itself was taken by Ottoman Turks, ending the last bastion, however diluted, of the Roman Empire
Rome basically succumbed to its own size and wealth and the greed of its rulers. Wealthy citys attracted 'barbarian' tribes and jealous rivals as did their fertile farm lands. Its borders collapsed, the legions in the later part of the Empire were mostly barbarian auxilia, not the heavily armoured Legions common in films. Emperors were constantly assassinating each other and bribary of the army was common, using the backing of the troops to gain power only ever tended to lead to an assassination in the near future. Debasement of the currency also caused economic crashes, for worse than we are experiancing these days. In the end you will have to make up your own opinion of when the Roman Empire truly ended, because it took centuries for it to truly die.
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What empire stretched from the mediterranean sea to India and allowed conquered people to be relatively independent from the empire?
It was Achaemenic Empire, one of the various Persian empires which existed in antiquity.
Hernando Cortes conquered which empire?
Aztec
Which body of water is completely surrounded by the roman empire?
The body of water completely surrounded by the Roman Empire is the Mediterranean Sea. The Roman Empire controlled territories bordering the entire Mediterranean coastline, including regions in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The Mediterranean Sea served as a vital transportation route for the Roman Empire, facilitating trade, communication, and military movements throughout the vast empire.
Which empire conquered and ruled Baghdad for 200 years?
The Mongols
Who was the emperor of the franks who conquered much of Europe after the fall of the roman empire?
The emperor of the Franks who conquered much of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire was Charles the Great, also known as Charlemagne.
What sea connected the vast land of the Roman Empire?
The Mediterranean Sea.Rome was, andstill is, on this sea and conquered all the lands on its shores.
What was the most powerful empire in Europe it conquered all of western Europe north Africa and much of Britain and the eastern mediterranean?
The Roman Empire.
What empire stretched from the mediterranean sea to India and allowed conquered people to be relatively independent from the empire?
It was Achaemenic Empire, one of the various Persian empires which existed in antiquity.
What empire stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India and allowed conquered people's to be relatively independent from the empire?
It was Achaemenic Empire, one of the various Persian empires which existed in antiquity.
Which Spanish conqueror is not accurately matched with the area he explored or conquered?
Hernan Cortes is not accurately matched with the area he explored or conquered. Under the command of Cortes, the Aztec Empire in Mexico was conquered, not the Inca Empire in South America. That was conquered by Francisco Pizarro.
How much of the world did the ottoman empire control?
The Ottoman Empire controlled most of the eastern Mediterranean. It even conquered a small part of Greece. That was in the olden times.
Why is the Sahara the border of the Rome Empire?
The Romans conquered the Mediterranean and the peoples who lived on the shores of North Africa on this sea. They did not expand the empire into the Sahara because it is not habitable.
What area did Carthage defeat?
It eastablished a trading empire in the Western Mediterranean.
Which famous empire conquered rome and the mediterrenean basin?
What comes closest to what you describe is the Ottoman Empire. However, the Ottomans did not conquer Rome and did not take over the whole of the Mediterranean. They defeated the Byzantine Empire by taking its capital, Constantinople. Byzantine Empire is the name historians use for the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The west had already fallen more than 1000 years earlier. Also note that the city of Rome itself had never been conquered by anyone. The Ottomans conquered the Middle East and North Africa. On the European shores of the Mediterranean they only took over Greece and Albania. Apart form this, Mediterranean Europe was not reached by the Ottomans.
What sea did the Roman empire surruond?
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Which empire is most closely associated with the events of dominated the eastern mediterranean sea in 1500s conquered Egypt and syria in 1517 and laid siege to Vienna in 1529?
Ottoman Empire
What empire conquered israel and judah?
Assyria conquered Israel, then Babylon conquered Assyria and Judah, then Persia conquered Babylon, then the Seuclid Empire conquered Judah, then the Judeans revolted, then Rome conquered Judah, then the Islamic Caliphate conquered the Byzantine Empire (the remains of the Roman Empire). The Ottoman Empire conquered Judah from the Cusaders who had conquered it from its Islamic rulers. Then the British Empire took it from the Ottomans.
